The "Great Soviet Encyclopedia" is a huge explanatory dictionary that combines a wide range of knowledge from various fields of science, culture, history and technology. The first edition of this encyclopedia was designed as a "centralized source of universal intellectual knowledge". Each volume of flame literature contained many illustrations, diagrams, tables and diagrams, which recorded the current level of knowledge about the relevant topic. The "Great Soviet Encyclopedia" became not only a symbol of ideological views in the USSR, but also the most valuable source of information for readers of any level.